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The classic pop rock band REO Speedwagon, which has been rocking arenas more nearly 40 years, has built its massive following the old-fashioned way. They've earned it by touring relentlessly early and ever since, starting out traversing the American highways in an old Chevy station wagon. Eventually, their hard work paid off and hasn't stopped paying off in all the years since. The band started when a few friends at the University of Illinois in Champaign got together to play cover songs at campus bars. Several personnel changes followed as the band continued to grow its success, touring throughout the Midwest, and releasing its first album, REO Speedwagon in 1971 on Epic Records. Two more albums followed, R.E.O./T.W.O. in 2972 and Ridin' the Storm Out in 1973, which featured the title song that became REO's signature tune. But it was the band's first live album, Live: You Get What You Play For in 1977, that they first tasted the big time with platinum sales. They quickly followed with 1978's You Can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tuna Fish featuring the hits 'Roll with the Changes,' and 'Time for Me to Fly.' With the 1980s came the band's biggest success, starting with the release of Hi Infidelity, which featured a more pop sound and spawned four hit singles, including 'Keep On Loving You' and 'Take It On the Run' and spent 15 weeks atop the Billboard 200. These days REO Speedwagon, with most its original members, continues to pack venues, and REO Speedwagon tickets will get you into an audience with fans of all ages.